SSI Live Podcast

USAWC professors and esteemed guests discuss topics ranging from military strategy to geopolitical issues. The US Army War College Press produces "Decisive Point" as a companion series to the quarterly journal "Parameters". In "SSI Live," professors discu

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SSI Live Podcast – Ep 83 – Explaining Afghanistan’s Downfall – Mason

Posted September 7, 2021

How did Afghanistan fall to the Taliban after 20 years of effort by the United States and its allies? SSI Live host Dr. John R. Deni invited his SSI...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 82 – Striking the Balance – US Army Force Posture in Europe, 2028 – Pfaff, Clark

Posted September 21, 2020

Within the context of Europe, the US Army must develop a force posture that best navigates the tensions between deterring or defeating armed conflict...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 81 – Addressing Hypercompetition in the Indo-Pacific Theater – Freier, Schaus

Posted July 24, 2020

Given the multifaceted great power competition underway in the Indo-Pacific theater, how can the United States military best position itself? What role...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 80 – Is a Reset with Russia in the Offing – Bolan, Freier, Deni

Posted July 31, 2018

The Helsinki summit meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin may be the first step in a rapprochement between the United States and Russia. If so,...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 79 – Avoiding the Trap in U.S.-China Relations – Gellert, Lai, Troxell

Posted June 7, 2018

Getting the Indo-Asia-Pacific and relations with China right is the key to a peaceful and prosperous 21st Century. The challenge for the U.S. administration,...